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Tech stocks set to wipe out more than $1 trillion as concerns deepen about the AI boom
(www.nbcnews.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2026
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So that the company finds it to be a waste of money and stops giving the AI companies money. Also, even the paid tier is losing money for AI companies IIRC.
Yeah so it's a reverse boycott. After we buy a lot from this company everyone will understand why this company isn't a viable business!
Meanwhile in the real world, investors see an uptick in usage. Sure it's not making money yet, but they project more growth because it looks it may be a viable business.
The companies paying for subscriptions see that the employees are using the service a lot and keep paying for those subscriptions. It's silly to assume that a company paying for a subscription for AI isn't going to know the tokens were wasted. If they knew that, they'd fire the employee doing this because it's maliciously wasting company resources. If no one is fired for wasting tokens, we can logically assume the company paying for the subscriptions think the tokens are being used for valid work purposes and continue paying for the subscriptions.
What would actually prove to a company that an AI subscription is worthless is using zero tokens. Why would they pay for a service their employees don't use?
Methinks this is a person that is actually using AI and feeling guilty over it. So its... "yeah I'm just using to to waste tokens to fight the power!" That or a brainrotted accelerationist.
Just another bullshit cog in the bullshit economy.